Tim Jones joined the Hammond Institute in January 2015 as a Senior Policy Fellow. He served as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives until January 2015, is a partner and attorney with Doster, Ullom & Boyle, LLC, and the Director of Political Communications at Pelopidas, an issue advocacy firm, and as Director of the Missouri Club for Growth.

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Jones began as house speaker in September 2012, having been elected unanimously twice to that role, and began his service as a house member in 2007. In addition, he is a long-standing board member and chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce, a former president of the board of aldermen for the City of Eureka, and a former prosecuting attorney for the State of New York.

Tim's academic background includes a BA in English Language and Literature/Letters & Russian Studies from Fordham University (1993), and a JD from St. John's University School of Law (1996).